THE LIST: EVERY JOURNALIST IN THE GAMEJOURNOPROS GROUP REVEALED

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[servo1969]

Last week, Breitbart News revealed a secret video game journalist mailing list used by a clique of influential writers, editors, and bloggers, some of whom attempted to bully their colleagues with it in an attempt to shape the news agenda for political purposes.

We can today reveal the complete list of journalists, some 150 key industry figures, on the list. Outlets with representation span the entire video games journalism universe and include Polygon, Ars Technica, Wired, Eurogamer, Destructoid, Kotaku, Joystiq, TechRadar, and many other well-known brands in games publishing.

But they also include freelancers and staffers for publications as solidly mainstream as the Associated Press, CNBC, and USA Today, together with technology industry stalwarts such as Motherboard, owned by VICE, VentureBeat, and CNet.

Even more disturbingly, Tom Curtis, a marketing executive from game publisher Ubisoft, and Billy Shibley, a community manager for Destiny from Activision, are also present on the list, which begs the question why marketing managers are included on a mailing list for the journalists who are supposed to be writing about their employers.

[servo1969]

Adam Rosenberg - Digital Trends
Alex Navarro - Giant Bomb
Alex Rubens - IGN, G4TV, PCWorld, Official Xbox Magazine, Polygon, @Gamer Magazine, Games Radar, Joystiq, Kotaku, Destructoid, Tech Hive, Game Informer
Andrew Fitch - the Geekbox podcast
Andrew Groen - Penny Arcade (ex?), Wired
Andrew Hayward - StuffTV, TechHive, IGN, Macworld,Maclife, Jostiq
Andrew a Cunningham - ArsTechnica
Andy Chalk - PC Gamer
Andy Eddy - author, “Game Over Press Start To Continue”
Annette Cardwell - Yahoo! Shine, Wikia
Anthony John Agnello - Joystiq, The AV Club, Edge, Fast Company
Ben Kuchera - Editor at Polygon
Ben Gilbert - Senior Editor for Engadget
Billy Shibley - Social/Community for @DestinytheGame (Activision), former Editorial Manager at Machinima
Brad Gallaway - Managing Editor of GameCritics.com
Bradley Shoemaker - Giant Bomb
Brandon Cackowski-Schnell - The Escapist
Brandon Justice - Ex Gamefan, IGN, SEGA, EA & EGM
Brandon Boyer - Chairman, Indie Games Festival
Brian Leahy - Previously Shacknews & G4tv
Britton Peele - Entertainment Editor Dallas Morning News
Casey Johnston - Culture Editor at Ars Technica
Charles Husemann - Development Manager at Recource Gaming Nexus EIC
Chris Dahlen - Game dev and writer
Chris Plante - Senior Editor at The Verge
Christopher Grant - Editor-in-Chief at Polygon
Conrad Zimmerman - Podcaster, freelance writer/critic
Cory Banks - Former Managing Editor at PC Gamer
Dale (Laura Dale) - Indiehaven.com, Kotaku UK, Telegraph, Guardian, MYM, MCM
Dalibor Dimovski - Gamedev
Dan (Dan Stapleton) - IGN, PC Gamer
Dan Crabtree - GamerNode
Dana Wollman - Engadget managing editor
Daniel Starkey (Twitter deleted, cached) - Eurogamer, GameSpot, Joystiq, Kotaku
Daniel Feit - Wired
Danielle - Senior Reviewer at Polygon
Davetach - Polygon
David Thomas - Youtuber “Game Dave” (I believe.)
Dead Yet Living - Unsure
Dean Takahashi - Lead Writer for Games Beat at Venture Beat
Dennis Scimeca - The Daily Dot (Formerly ArsTechnica, NPR, GamesBeat, Polygon, Kotaku, The Escapist, Gamasutra
Devin Connors - The Escapist (past Tom’s Guide, GameFrontCom)
Devin Kofsky - Social Media Celebrity Cruise? Freelance I think in the past.
Dtroid Niero - Destructoid
Erick Eckstein - Esquire Network, G4TV,
Erick Frederikesn / piratesyar - Technobuffalo
Garnett Lee - Shout Engine
Garrett Martin - Paste games editor, Boston Herald game critic
George Wiedman - Super Bunnyhop (youtube)
Greg Tito - The Escapist
Gregory Gay - The Escapist
Harold Goldberg - New York Times, NPR, books
Heidi Kemps - Freelance, Joystiq
Issac Ferderspiel - IndieHaven, former Game Informer Intern
Jake Gaskill - G4TV
James Fudge - Editor GamePolitics.com
Jarred Newman
Jason Fanelli - Arcade Sushi, GamesRadar, PocketGamer, Gamernode
Jason Leyanna (no twitter I found) - Realm of Gaming
Jason Schreier - Kotaku Australia, Wired
Jason Venter - Honest Gamers Editor in Chief, IGN, Gamespot, GamesRadar, Joystiq
Jason Wilson
Jaz Rignall
Jeffery Matulef - US News Editor at Eurogamer (Former AV Club, G4TV, Paste, Joystiq,OXM)
Jeremy Zoss - Zoss Media, Giant Bomb
Joe Osborne - Reviews Editor TechRadar
John Funk - The Escapist
Jonathan Deesing - Joystiq
Jorge Jimenez - Blogger?, Staff Writer Dualshockers
Joseph Leray - TouchArcade, Destructioid
Josh Tolentino - Destructioid, Japanator
Julian Murdoch - Comic Vine?
Justin McElroy - Polygon
Kate Cox - Consumerist, GameCritics.com
Kevin Kelly - Wired
Kyle Orland - Senior Gaming Editor for Ars Technica
Kyle Horner - Developer at WB Games/Turbine, Writer, Editor
Leah B. Jackson - Riot Games eSports web content coordinator (formely IGN/G4)
Logan Westbrook - The Escapist
Lou Kesten - Associated Press
Ludwig Kietzmann - Joystiq Editor-in-chief
Maddy Myers - PasteGames Assitant Editor
Mark Burnham - Online Media Manager QuinStreet (Formerly EIC at Game Front)
Matthew Kumar - Freelance, CEO of MKULTRAgames, publisher of exp.?
Matt Matthews - Gamasutra
Matthew Sakey - Freelance, NYU game center
Meghan - IGN
Michael McWhertor - Deputy News Editor at Polygon
Mike Futter - News Editor at Game Informer
Michael Rougeau - Kotaku, Gamespot, TechRadar, more
Mike Wehner - Daily Dot, USA Today, Yahoo
Mitch Dyer - Editor, IGN
Chris Morris - CNBC, Variety, Coast to Coast Radio
N'Gai Croal - Newsweek (previous)
N. Evan Van Zelfden (no twitter) - Venture Beat, The Escapist, Slate
Nathan Grayson - Kotaku
Nathan Meunier - Freelance, Podcaster
Nick Chester - Harmonix
Phillip Kollar - Polygon, Game Informer
Pikoeri Egm - EGM, ex GameFan, ex Play
Richard Mitchell - Joystiq
Rob Zacny - PCGamesN, The Escapist, Polygon, IGN
Rod “Slasher” Breslau - Past (OnGamers)
Rollin Bishop - Contributing Editor at LaughingSquid, formerly Geeokosystem, The Mary Sue
Ron Whitaker - Managing Editor GameFront
RPad.TV - Rpad.tv
Ryan Kuo - Kill Screen
Ryan Scott - Editorial Director at Geekbox Media
Ryanflemingpdx - Gamig and Cinema Editor Digital Trends (former)
Sam Machovech - Tech Reporter Ars Technica
Samit Sarkar - Polygon , formerly at Destructoid
Sarah LeBoeuf - The Escapist
Savethekitsune (Cassandra Khaw, I believe.) - Verge
Scott Nichols - Freelance Critic, Digital Spy
Scott Steinberg - Speaker & Futurist, Writes for Inc, Mashable (Past?), Huffpo
Sebastian Haley - Venture Beat
Shoe (Wild Guess - Dan “Shoe” Hsu) - VentureBeat
Simon Ferrari - Adjunct NYU GameCenter, INDIECADE, Different Games, Indie-Fund Dev outreach team
Sinan Kubba - Joystiq
Sincerelysophie (Sophie/Sam Prell) - Joystiq, G4, Destructoid
Steven Kent (Didn’t find Twitter) - Book Writer, freelance lots of places from the past
Steve Haske - Wired, Medium (not a real site, anyone can do that), Complex Mag?
Susan Arendt - Managing Editor at Joystiq
Taylor Cocke - Web content coordinator at Riot Games/Lolesports, but widely written at IGN, Edge, and others.
The Gamegoat - Youtuber
Tim Stevens - Editor at Large, C'net
Timothy J. Seppala - Engadget contributing editor.
Tina Amini - Deputy Editor at Kotaku
Tom Curtis - “Digital Marketing Guy” at Ubisoft, formerly at Gamasutra
Tom Chick - quartertothree.com
Will Tuttle - Sr. Communications Manager for Xbox and Editorial Overseer of Xbox Wire, IGN (past)
William Usher - Assistant Editor Gaming Blend
Max Parker - Columnist for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Xav De Matos - Joystiq
Yannick LeJacq - Motherboard (VICE), Kotaku UK
Zack Stern - PCWorld, Macworld, others

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[KC_Lion]

So, Basically, Support the Enclave in Gaming Media.

Or Else!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoMpJODLhpU

[wally_bert]

For later review. Thanks.

[sportutegrl]

My son seems to be all fired up about this ‘gamergate’ thing for some reason. I wish I could get a summary of the story so I could know what he is talking about.

[a fool in paradise]

Is this something that replaced the old “Journolist” network for media collusion on reporting (what the talking points are, who will ask which question...)?

[Author Mike Carnegie]

“publications as solidly mainstream as the Associated Press, CNBC, and USA Today”

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Mainstream? I don’t think so.

[reed13k]

My understanding is there has been collusion in the gaming industry to attempt to drive gamers in a certain direction on platforms, software, etc.

Similar to another listing that the leftist political/”news” journos were/are doing to determine the agenda on what will be published and what won’t.

Basically ALL media has no credibility

[reed13k]

similar listing but not for “news”/politics instead for software/game/game platform pushing.

[Objective Scrutator]

Thanks for the ping. May all of these Profligates get their come-uppance!

FWIW, gaming “journalism” has always just been another wing of the marketing departments, but the FemiNazi push has been fairly recent, and it is the latter which threatens to destroy gaming. Remember Nintendo Power?

[AFreeBird]

From Wiki:

Gamergate controversy
“GamerGate” redirects here. For the type of ant, see Gamergate. For the online video game store, see GamersGate.
Gamergate (sometimes referred to as GamerGate or as a Twitter hashtag #gamergate) is a controversy in video game culture concerning long-standing issues of sexism and misogyny in the gamer community and journalistic ethics in the online gaming press, particularly conflicts of interest between video game journalists and developers.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The controversy came to wider attention due to harassment that indie game developer Zoe Quinn received after an ex-boyfriend posted allegations on his blog in August 2014 concerning her personal life that led others to accuse her of professional impropriety to obtain positive media coverage for her game. Those subsequent allegations were shown to be false,[a] but the debate they sparked continued.[8] Other topics of debate have included perceived changes or threats to the “gamer” identity as a result of the maturing and diversifying of the gaming industry.[1][2][3][4][5]

Cultural changes within the gaming industry, gaming community, and gaming journalism, are seen as having contributed to the situation in which the controversy has occurred. The rising popularity of the medium, and greater emphasis on games as a potential art form, has led to a commensurate focus on social criticism within gaming media and indie works. This shift has prompted opposition from traditional “hardcore” gamers who view games purely as a form of entertainment. However, this opposition has often been expressed in the form of personal harassment of female figures in the industry rather than constructive cultural conversations. The harassment campaign against Quinn was of such ferocity as to attract significant mainstream media attention, which focused on the sexist, misogynistic and trolling elements of the gamer community. Allegations of impropriety in gaming media have prompted policy changes at several of these outlets, and commentators generally agree that problems in the gaming media need to be discussed. However, the harassment and misogyny associated with GamerGate is seen as having poisoned the well, and the choice to focus the campaign on a relatively-obscure independent developer rather than AAA publishers has led to questions about its motivations.

[servo1969]

Those subsequent allegations were shown to be false,[a]

They were?

[Drrdot]

Looks like Wikipedia remains a poor source for anything potentially politically related. For a more fleshed out summary, this is a pretty good piece. http://theothermccain.com/2014/09/10/gamergate-and-why-it-matters-to-conservatives/comment-page-1/

[GeronL]

They are all leftists anyway, I am surprised they need it

[Drrdot]

So after reading what I linked, I realized its actually short on details. Here's a good rundown of the events leading up to the general distrust of a lot of video game media outlets. http://np.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/2f2c32/quinnspiracy_theory_white_castles_and_ivory_towers/ck5cajz. Search for the post by MightyMorph.

[Lazamataz]

They’ve attempted to hide JournOList in the gaming world.

[Lazamataz]

Er. Sorry. Appears I am wrong.

[Nachum]

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/

[Nachum]

Thanks for this printed out list. I have added it to the JournoList file I maintain.

http://www.nachumlist.com/JournoLi.htm

[jeannineinsd]

Here is another link.

http://ricochet.com/gamergate-and-why-it-matters/